Question RGB light/fan question

[cydewaze]

I'm in the process of assembling a system for a friend that's going to be a birthday present for his 12 year old son. The system includes a thermaltake v200 case with three "RGB" fans in the front. Also included are two Deepcool brand fans to mount at the top of the case, which are also RGB. I have no experience with the RGB thing, so I just treated it as a normal build up until I got to the fans.

The case comes with a controller for the front fans, and a 4-pin cable to connect to the RGB connector on the motherboard. When I installed the two top fans, I connected them in series to the lead coming off of that same connector. When powered up, all the lights come on, BUT there's a button on the front of the case that allows the user to control the lights. When I press it, the front three fans that came with the case respond, but the two top fans ignore the button, despite being wired in to the same controller. The instructions for the case - being in Engrish - aren't much help.

I'd really rather have all the fan lights on all the fans work together with the button. Does anyone know of this is possible, or what I might have to do to get them to work? Thanks!

 

[LORDPrometheus]

The most likely answer is that you have the top fans plugged into the wrong output from the controller. Deepcool fans are all 4pin so if the front fans are also 4pin then they should work.

 

[cydewaze]

Thanks. I'll double-check my connections when I get home. Now that you mention it, I think the top fans are connected to the motherboard, buy maybe not to the controller that the front fans are connected to. I might need to get my friend to order a cable for that.

 

[LORDPrometheus]

Thanks. I'll double-check my connections when I get home. Now that you mention it, I think the top fans are connected to the motherboard, buy maybe not to the controller that the front fans are connected to. I might need to get my friend to order a cable for that.

Worst case scenario you can pickup a Y splitter.

 

[cydewaze]

Ok, so back home and opened it up.

There's a control panel on the back side of the case that has a connection to each fan. It also has a connection to the front switch, as well as a cable that connects to the RGB header on the MB. This second cable splits, and it's what I've connected all the fans to in a daisy chain. So there is a connection between the fans and controller/switch, but the fans still don't respond to the switch. Only the three original front case fans do.

 

[LORDPrometheus]

Ok, so back home and opened it up.

There's a control panel on the back side of the case that has a connection to each fan. It also has a connection to the front switch, as well as a cable that connects to the RGB header on the MB. This second cable splits, and it's what I've connected all the fans to in a daisy chain. So there is a connection between the fans and controller/switch, but the fans still don't respond to the switch. Only the three original front case fans do.

Hmm can you tell me what case you are using i have a theory

 

[cydewaze]

Hmm can you tell me what case you are using i have a theory

It's the ThermalTake v200 RGB.
https://www.thermaltakeusa.com/v200-tempered-glass-rgb-edition.html

The additional fans are the Deepcool RF120M.
http://www.deepcool.com/product/CaseFans/2018-09/2420_9533.shtml

Thanks!

 

[LORDPrometheus]

Well all the fans support AURUS sync. If your motherboard does make sure it Is on if it does not then go to the case website and download one of the programs it lists to change the sync software and use that one instead

 

[cydewaze]

I think the motherboard does (Asus Prime Z370-A) but it's more the button on the case that I'm trying to get to work. I'm wondering if unplugging the whole thing from the mobo will do anything. Or whether it'll all work anyway once the OS is installed.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[cydewaze]

So, to follow up, there seems to be no way to get the new fans to respond to the button on the front of the case. The most likely explanation is that the Deepcool fans don't understand the commands from the button. If it ends up being a big deal, my buddy will probably have to spring for Thermaltake fans of the same type that are in the front of the case.